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Police try to control a crowd that gathered outside the Dhaka apartment where gay rights journalist Xulhaz Mannan was stabbed. (AP/A.M.Ahad)

CPJ condemns murder of Bangladeshi LGBT journalist

New York, April 25, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder today of Bangladeshi journalist Xulhaz Mannan. The senior editor at gay rights magazine Roopbaan, who also worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development, was stabbed to death at his home in Dhaka alongside a friend, according to reports. A third person, described…

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